the weekend,at a glance

Ok, let's write now before I'm bogged down with work.

I am starting the week with contentment. And realization. First, my thoughts and prayers go out to Zed’s family. Even though I am not a close friend, but I share the grief of the family and his loved ones. We saw him just a couple of days prior to his passing. I believe many of us are still shocked and we still find it unbelievable. He was young, he was just like one of us. What made him different? His time came. And I guess it hit us right on the face that anything can happen at anytime to anyone. All that we can do is to prepare ourselves as much as possible, and to change, for the better. I am deeply saddened by his sudden passing. It made me realize. It made me think. I want to do and say so many things all at once. Hopefully, this will teach me a lesson that I mustn’t take life for granted. Al-fatihah.

I’m glad we made it a point to meet up on Saturday, Mims. Despite the clash of schedules and everything, it was all worth it in the end (because you gave me presents from Ireland!hehe). Thank you for your time and for accompanying me to jadi one mak datin-first-time-beli groceries. And thank you to my mom for having breakfast with me, I had the best scrambled eggs ever! On Sunday, I went to Kartini’s (Hot fm DJ) wedding. It was simple yet so so so beautiful. I love weddings. Period.

Ohh, yeah, I did start off my entry with the word ‘contentment’ right? Well, one of the reasons that I’m contented is that I am now no longer a CCF-exclusive chef. I now have a CCF-equivalent. No, it’s not another kind of dessert. It’s a chicken-broccoli-lasagne/pasta/I don’t know what to call it!My recipe is always like that. It’s always neither this nor that. But it’s okay. That’s why it’s special. I am so proud of myself. I know, sue me for being over-excited over something that is so “oh-my-god-yawn-I-can-do-that-with-my-eyes-closed”. It’s okay. I didn’t ask for your money to buy the expensive ingredients anyway! Hmm, I need a name for it. I think I should just call it chicken occoli pasta or COP. It’s delishhhh and it looked really appetizing too (surprisingly...)

Andddd...please give a round of applause and a warm welcome to....

Muhammad Farel!! (ps:spelling of the name is not confirmed) Yes, Meq delivered the huge baby early Sunday morning, the conventional way ie normal! Farel is approximately 4.1kg ok! But I’m so happy and relieved that both mummy and baby are healthy. I saw the baby but I didn’t hold him, much to my disappointment, as he was still under observation at that time. I stood outside the window for the longest time ever just staring at his round, chubby cheeks and thick black hair. I even heard him cry and my god, good luck lah Meq, he can really scream! Hehe. Now that the wait is over, the toughest part begins. :) Now I have Nia and Farel to play with. Three more babies coming up in March! Phewww...